Shakespeare

& Audacious Joy

Inspiring Pittsburgh audiences through Shakespeare productions, new adaptations, and educational programs for over a decade

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The Tempest

A Modern Shadow Theater Experience
Directed & Designed by Cat Aceto
November 14-23, 2025

Promotional poster for William Shakespeare's play 'The Tempest' at the Steel City Shakespeare Center, featuring a ship sailing on ocean waves against a starry sky, with gold stars and artistic illustrations.

Step into a world where shadows speak, music weaves spells, and Shakespeare’s timeless tale is brought to life in a way you’ve never seen before. The Tempest, reimagined by Steel City Shakespeare Center as an immersive modern shadow theater experience, premieres this fall in the Hubworks space at the West View Hub.

Designed and directed by local shadow artist Cat Aceto, this fully analog production combines live silhouettes, shadow puppetry, and an original live music score to create a strikingly visual and acoustic retelling of Shakespeare’s final play.

Jeffrey Chips stars as Prospero, torn between vengeance and forgiveness, with Lauren Scheller-Wolf as his daughter Miranda. Lexie Hellinger, Michael Kirk, and Bob Colbert lend their voices and hands to a host of characters and forms, conjuring stormy seas, mischievous spirits, and the eerie island landscape. An original acoustic guitar score by Michael Kirk infuses the story with rhythm and emotional depth, performed live at every show.

Skylar Rella completes the production team as stage manager. Valuable support for the production comes from interns Sydney Forschein, Siena Forschein, and Anna Bopp, who contribute their talents as designers, puppeteers, and voice actors. 

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Building a Legacy

Steel City Shakespeare Center has engaged and inspired Pittsburgh audiences for over 10 years. Making our home at the West View HUB, we serve the West View and North Hills community and beyond with intimate, fast-paced, and interactive performances.

PRODUCTION HISTORY
A young girl smiling, holding a sock puppet with a hand-drawn face and yellow yarn hair, standing in front of a tiled fireplace with a nautical-themed painting above.
Four children playing outside on a grassy field with a fence and houses in the background. One girl in a pink hoodie is smiling and making a playful pose, while the other children are engaged in a game or activity.

The Youth Academy

Where kids of all ages come together to explore the art of storytelling and find their voices.

LET YOUR STUDENT SHINE
Smiling young girls sitting on grass at an outdoor event, with others in the background, some sitting and some standing, on a sunny day at a park with trees.
Group of children wearing red clown noses standing and sitting in a line indoors, several with playful poses. They are in front of a counter with a bank vault door behind it. Some children are looking at the camera, all wearing casual clothes.
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A Common Creative Experience

Our mission is to engage and inspire the community through works of Shakespeare and other classical literature, folklore, spoken word, and new plays.

We believe theatre should be accessible to all with no barrier to entry.

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